“Waking in the Blue”

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“Waking in the Blue” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell that portrays his experiences and observations inside a psychiatric hospital, blending dark humor with stark self-scrutiny.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf confessional poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addresses privilege and class among psychiatric patients ⓘ
stigma of mental illness ⓘ
author Robert Lowell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts institutionalization ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
patients in a mental hospital ⓘ
psychiatric hospital ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
hasNarrator a speaker closely identified with Robert Lowell ⓘ
includedIn Robert Lowell’s body of confessional work ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry movement ⓘ
literaryPeriod postwar American poetry ⓘ
literaryStyle dark humor ⓘ
irony ⓘ
self-scrutiny ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
periodOfSetting mid-20th century ⓘ
portrays Robert Lowell’s experience in a psychiatric hospital ⓘ
other male patients in the ward ⓘ
setting a Boston-area psychiatric hospital ⓘ
subjectOf academic analysis of confessional poetry ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
institutional life ⓘ
madness and sanity ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
self-awareness ⓘ
self-identity ⓘ
shame and exposure ⓘ
social class ⓘ
tone bleakly comic ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
wry ⓘ
usesDevice ironic juxtaposition of humor and suffering ⓘ
self-deprecating description ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ

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